Customizing Shared Insight Cache settings
After you install Shared Insight Cache, you can customize its settings in the configuration file.
The configuration file is an XML file that follows .NET Framework application configuration standards. Shared Insight Cache does not start if there is an invalid configuration, such as invalid XML, incorrect value types, or missing required values.
Table: Shared Insight Cache configuration options provides the options that you can configure and describes what each option does.
Table: Shared Insight Cache configuration options
Option | Type of value | Description | Restrictions and considerations | Default value |
|---|
Cache Service Listening Port | Positive integer | Port on which the service listens | If the range is not between 0 - 65535, the service does not start. The service does not start if it cannot listen on the specified port. | 9005 |
Status Service Listening Port | Positive integer | Port on which the service listens | If the range is not between 0 - 65535, the service does not start. The service does not start if it cannot listen on the specified port. | 9006 |
Memory Usage | Percent | Percentage of size of the cache in megabytes (MB) before Shared Insight Cache starts pruning the cache | 10 | 50 |
Vote Count | Positive integer | Number of the clients that must verify that the file is clean before Shared Insight Cache uses the results | The value must be less than or equal to 15. If the value is greater than 15, the server uses the default value. | 1 |
Log File | String | A file for the Shared Insight Cache log | | <installationdirectory>/CacheServer.log
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Log Level | Enum | ALL
DEBUG
INFO
WARN
ERROR
FATAL
OFF | A value of OFF indicates that Shared Insight Cache does not log any messages. | ERROR |
Log Size | Positive integer | Size of the log (in bytes) until Shared Insight Cache rolls the log over | | 10000 |
Log Backups | Positive integer | Number of rolled over logs to keep before the oldest log is deleted | A value of 0 indicates that Shared Insight Cache retains no backups. A negative value indicates that Shared Insight Cache retains an unlimited number of backups. | 1 |
Prune Size | Percent | Percentage of memory usage to remove from the cache when the cache hits the memory usage limit | The value must be between 10 and 100. If the value is not between 10 and 100, the server uses the default value. Avoid modifying this setting. | 10 |
To customize Shared Insight Cache settings
Navigate to and open the following file:
Installation directory\SharedInsightCacheInstallation.exe.config
Make the modifications as needed.
Save your changes and close the file.
See Shared Insight Cache configuration file
See Installing Shared Insight Cache
See About the Symantec Endpoint Protection Shared Insight Cache tool
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